Friday, April 26
Reckling Park
6:30 p.m.
Rice University
vs
UTSA
Owls Return to Reckling to Face Roadrunners
4/25/2024 9:02:00 PM | Baseball
Three-game series opens on Friday
Owls and Roadrunners Resume Series This Weekend
Rice host UTSA this weekend in the latest installment of a series that has been continuous (outside the canceled 2020 season) since 2012. The series opens at 6:30 on Friday followed by day games at 2 on Saturday and 1 on Sunday.
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Watch ESPN+
Listen: Online / Varsity Network
Live Stats: Sidearm
Full Game Notes: RiceOwls.com
On the Air
J.P. Heath returns for his 16th season behind the mic calling Rice baseball and will have the radio call this weekend. All games will also be carried on ESPN+ with Friday night's game being a simulcast with Heath's radio call. Jason Metko and Austin Davis will call Saturday's game, while Heath will team up with Brett Parrish on Sunday while Metko handles the radio call.
Pitching Matchups
Rice Recently
Rice has won six of its last seven overall and five of the last six AAC games, picking up its first AAC series win vs. UAB (April 12-14) followed by its first AAC series sweet and road series win at USF last weekend. Rice topped double figures in runs in each of the three wins at USF last weekend, winning 13-6, 10-6, and 10-3. It marked the first time the Owls have scored 10 or more in three consecutive conference opponents was at the 2010 C-USA when the Owls rolled past ECU (11-2), Houston (24-3), and Marshall (18-0) and the first time in a conference series since the beat Southern Miss 10-2 & 21-4 and lost 11-10 at Reckling May 15-16, 2010. The 36 runs were the most in a series for Rice since they scored 42 at UAB in 2017 and more than their combined total in the previous 11 conference games. Rice has hit .286 over the last seven games while the pitching staff has a combined 2.48 ERA and the defense has fielded at a .979 clip. In the first 33 games of the year, the Owls were hitting .229, the staff ERA was 5.50 and the fielding percentage was .968. The Owls also were 11/12 in stolen bases over the weekend compared with only 19 in the first 37 games. Rice has won three of its last four, including its first AAC series win, taking two of three over UAB. Over that stretch, Owls' pitchers have combined for a 1.93 ERA (9 ER in 42 IP) and .183 batting average. During the recently-completed eight-game homestand which featured two 15-inning games, five one-run, and two, two-run games, the Rice pitchers posted a combined 3.21 ERA. Ben Dukes hit .469 in the eight games, followed by Jacob Devenny (.344) and Pierce Gallo (.333) while Treyton Rank drove in nine runs during the homestand.
Tense Ones
Seven of the eight games on the Owls' recent homestand were decided by two runs or less, five of them by one run. The homestand also saw the Owls split a pair of 15-inning games, both by 4-3 scores. Rice has not played multiple games of 15 innings or more since 2013 when they played a 17-inning game at Hawai'i and matched that with an epic 17-inning loss to North Carolina State in the Super Regional.
Late Life
Rice outscored USF 15-3 in the eighth and ninth innings last weekend. In their previous 37 games, the Owls had scored a total of 32 runs in the eighth inning or later this year.
Statistically Speaking (Conference Games)
Jack Riedel is tied for the AAC lead with five home runs and two triples and leads with 47 assists in conference games… Manny Garza leads with six runners caught stealing… Tom Vincent is tied for the conference lead with nine appearances… Ben Dukes is second in the AAC with a .436 average and third with a .511 OBP… Treyton Rank is tied for the lead with 14 double plays and is second with 24 hits, 19 RBI, and 147 chances, and tied for second with 36 total bases…. Parker Smith is second with 32 innings pitched and 14 batters struck out looking.
Statistically Speaking (All Games)
Kyte McDonald is tied for the AAC lead with a career-high three triples... Jack Riedel is tied for the conference lead with 12 home runs and is fourth with 88 total bases... Tom Vincent is tied for fourth with 20 appearances… Davion Hickson is tied for fourth with five saves... Parker Smith is fifth with 20 batters struck out looking… Manny Garza leads the AAC with 14 runners caught stealing, second with 347 total chances, and tied for third with 316 putouts... Treyton Rank leads the conference with 34 double plays, 363 chances, and 329 putouts.
Rice host UTSA this weekend in the latest installment of a series that has been continuous (outside the canceled 2020 season) since 2012. The series opens at 6:30 on Friday followed by day games at 2 on Saturday and 1 on Sunday.
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Watch ESPN+
Listen: Online / Varsity Network
Live Stats: Sidearm
Full Game Notes: RiceOwls.com
On the Air
J.P. Heath returns for his 16th season behind the mic calling Rice baseball and will have the radio call this weekend. All games will also be carried on ESPN+ with Friday night's game being a simulcast with Heath's radio call. Jason Metko and Austin Davis will call Saturday's game, while Heath will team up with Brett Parrish on Sunday while Metko handles the radio call.
Pitching Matchups
- Friday: RHP Parker Smith (4-3, 3.95/1.42) vs. RHP Robert Orloski (3-4, 5.36/1.65)
- Saturday: LHP J.D. McCracken (3-4, 4.91/1.76) vs. RHP Ryan Ward (0-2, 6.63/1.32)
- Sunday: RHP Tucker Alch (0-2, 3.70/1.52) vs. RHP Uli Quiroga (4-0, 4.08/1/25)
Rice Recently
Rice has won six of its last seven overall and five of the last six AAC games, picking up its first AAC series win vs. UAB (April 12-14) followed by its first AAC series sweet and road series win at USF last weekend. Rice topped double figures in runs in each of the three wins at USF last weekend, winning 13-6, 10-6, and 10-3. It marked the first time the Owls have scored 10 or more in three consecutive conference opponents was at the 2010 C-USA when the Owls rolled past ECU (11-2), Houston (24-3), and Marshall (18-0) and the first time in a conference series since the beat Southern Miss 10-2 & 21-4 and lost 11-10 at Reckling May 15-16, 2010. The 36 runs were the most in a series for Rice since they scored 42 at UAB in 2017 and more than their combined total in the previous 11 conference games. Rice has hit .286 over the last seven games while the pitching staff has a combined 2.48 ERA and the defense has fielded at a .979 clip. In the first 33 games of the year, the Owls were hitting .229, the staff ERA was 5.50 and the fielding percentage was .968. The Owls also were 11/12 in stolen bases over the weekend compared with only 19 in the first 37 games. Rice has won three of its last four, including its first AAC series win, taking two of three over UAB. Over that stretch, Owls' pitchers have combined for a 1.93 ERA (9 ER in 42 IP) and .183 batting average. During the recently-completed eight-game homestand which featured two 15-inning games, five one-run, and two, two-run games, the Rice pitchers posted a combined 3.21 ERA. Ben Dukes hit .469 in the eight games, followed by Jacob Devenny (.344) and Pierce Gallo (.333) while Treyton Rank drove in nine runs during the homestand.
Tense Ones
Seven of the eight games on the Owls' recent homestand were decided by two runs or less, five of them by one run. The homestand also saw the Owls split a pair of 15-inning games, both by 4-3 scores. Rice has not played multiple games of 15 innings or more since 2013 when they played a 17-inning game at Hawai'i and matched that with an epic 17-inning loss to North Carolina State in the Super Regional.
Late Life
Rice outscored USF 15-3 in the eighth and ninth innings last weekend. In their previous 37 games, the Owls had scored a total of 32 runs in the eighth inning or later this year.
Statistically Speaking (Conference Games)
Jack Riedel is tied for the AAC lead with five home runs and two triples and leads with 47 assists in conference games… Manny Garza leads with six runners caught stealing… Tom Vincent is tied for the conference lead with nine appearances… Ben Dukes is second in the AAC with a .436 average and third with a .511 OBP… Treyton Rank is tied for the lead with 14 double plays and is second with 24 hits, 19 RBI, and 147 chances, and tied for second with 36 total bases…. Parker Smith is second with 32 innings pitched and 14 batters struck out looking.
Statistically Speaking (All Games)
Kyte McDonald is tied for the AAC lead with a career-high three triples... Jack Riedel is tied for the conference lead with 12 home runs and is fourth with 88 total bases... Tom Vincent is tied for fourth with 20 appearances… Davion Hickson is tied for fourth with five saves... Parker Smith is fifth with 20 batters struck out looking… Manny Garza leads the AAC with 14 runners caught stealing, second with 347 total chances, and tied for third with 316 putouts... Treyton Rank leads the conference with 34 double plays, 363 chances, and 329 putouts.
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